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DISSIGHT (DISSIGHT)
Household member has difficulty seeing or blind

Codes

This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.

Description

DISSIGHT indicates whether the household member has difficulty seeing.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL

Comparability

Along with universe differences, DISSIGHT differs somewhat across samples in question wording. See country-specific comparability text for more information.

IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding for this variable, with all "Yes" answers sharing a common first digit of "1" and a second digit distinguishing between partial and complete blindness when this distinction is reported.

Comparability - Standard DHS
DISSIGHT is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe

No universe descriptions are currently available.
  • Angola: 2015-H
  • Cameroon: 2011-H
  • Chad: 2004-H, 2014-H
  • Congo (Democratic Republic): 2013-H
  • Egypt: 2014-H
  • Gambia: 2013-H
  • Ghana: 1993-H, 1998-H
  • India: 1992-H, 2019-H
  • Malawi: 2016-H
  • Mali: 2018-H
  • Morocco: 2003-H
  • Nigeria: 2018-H
  • Pakistan: 2017-H
  • Rwanda: 2019-H
  • Senegal: 2014-H
  • Uganda: 2006-H, 2011-H
  • Yemen: 1991-H, 2013-H